Daegu City to Select 'Book of the Year' in 3 Categories via Online Citizen Voting...

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu City announced on the 2nd that it will conduct an online citizen vote from the 3rd to the 12th to select the '2020 Book of the Year.'

'Daegu Book of the Year' is a program promoted by Daegu City since 2016 as part of a reading habit movement that shares emotional unity. It goes through a total of four stages: library and institution recommendations, review by the representative librarian book recommendation group, citizen voting, and the book selection committee. A total of 10 books are designated across each category (3 children's books, 3 youth books, and 4 adult books).

Especially this year, considering it is the 'Year of Youth Books,' the number of youth books for teenagers has increased from 2 to 3. Daegu City explained that it chose the online citizen voting method decisively to practice social distancing related to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The citizen vote will be held for ten days from the 3rd to the 12th on the Daegu City website (Civil Complaints·Communication·Participation → Talk Daegu). As a linked event, among the citizens who participate in the vote, 50 people selected by lottery will receive a reading package containing the selected books as a gift.

For this citizen vote, the candidate books in the children's category include 10 titles such as '25 Reasons Not to Doze Off in Korean Class,' a creative fairy tale book by Daegu local author Kim Dae-jo, and 'The Building Where the Tree Grows,' a creative picture book by Yoon Kang-mi. In the youth category, 10 titles were nominated, including 'Adolescent Literary Club,' a youth novel by Jang Jeong-hee, and 'A Chemist Lives in Our House,' a science book by Kim Min-kyung.

In the adult category, a total of 30 books were nominated, including 10 titles such as 'Even Then, I Had Hope,' edited by Shin Jung-hyun, a Daegu local publication, 'Twenty Years Old - Living as Myself,' edited by Choi Jae-mok, and 'Let's Live Like Adults,' an essay by Daegu local author Lee Si-hyung.

Daegu City plans to hold a book selection committee in June to actively reflect the results of the citizen vote and select the final 10 books. Then, in September, during Reading Month, various reading program linkage projects such as author lectures and bookstore on-site discount agreements will be promoted.

Kim Young-ae, Director of the Citizen Happiness Education Bureau of Daegu City, said, "We ask for the citizens' great interest and participation so that books that can provide warm comfort and new hope to Daegu citizens who have bravely coped with the difficult times caused by the unexpected spread of COVID-19 can be selected."

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